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The Newsletter of the Central Alberta Photographic Society Member Articles Club Outings Monthly

Competitions

Club Meetings Internet Info

A Trip to the Galapagos Islands:

Winter Fun For Sale

Fall Red Deer Cemetery: Portrait Photography:

And List of Winter Outings

Sunset – Flowers: Winter Competition and

Banquet: Spring Competition Deadline

When to meet for this season

Photo Techniques Photo Blog Sites; HDR Photography; Time Lapse Photography; Books. Printers. Photo Competitions; Photo Courses; Photographers

Scotty Roxburgh

Issue 3 2011 - 2012

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Inside this edition of The View Finder

1. This Year’s Executive Members Page 3

2. The Second half of the year Club Meetings Page 3

3. Executive Meetings Page 3

4. Monthly Competitions Page 3

5. Introduction to our Past Events Page 3

6. Trip to the Galapagos Islands, Jan Boyarzin Page 4

7. Winter Competitions Page 6

a. Doug Corrigan Page 7

b. Color Novice Page 7

c. Black and White Novice Page 8

d. Colour Intermediate Page 8

e. Black and White Intermediate Page 9

f. Black and White Advanced Page 9

g. Colour Advance Page 10

h. Digital Manipulation Page 10

i. President’s Choice Page 11

8. Past Events and Outings Page 12

a. Grave Yard Outing Page 12

b. Portraits Page 13

c. Sunsets Page 14

d. Wild Flowers Page 14

9. Winter Fun Photography Page 15

10. Internet Information

a. Photography Techniques Page 17

b. Photography blog Sites Page 18

c. HDR Photography Page 19

d. Time Lapse Photography Page 19

e. Photography Books Page 19

f. Photography Competitions Page 20

g. Printers Page 20

h. Photography Courses Page 21

i. Photographers Page 21

j. Photographic Equipment for Sale Page 22

Issue 2011 - 2012

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2011 - 2012 Executive Members

President - Harvey Brink Vice-President- Larry Hildebrandt

Secretary- Annette Bracey Treasurer - Gillian Wickes

Programs - Shannon Carson Promotions- Peter Nissen

Webmaster - Bryce Evans News Letter Editor - Scotty Roxburgh

Competitions - Daniel Pelissier Equipment - Jim Wickes

Club Meetings The Remaining Club meetings will be held on the second Wednesday and the fourth Wednesday of each

month as follows:

January 11th

Flash Photography Presented by Larry Hildebrandt

January 25th How to Back up Your Photos

February 8th HDR presented by Shannon Carson

February 22nd

TBA

March 14th

Light-room Basics Presented by Daniel Pelissier

March 28th TBA

April 11th Presentation by Scotty on The Great Barrier Reef and

down under

April 25th Annual Meeting

May 1st Spring Competition Deadline

May 9th CAPS Spring Competition and BBQ

The Remaining Executive Meetings will be held on the first Wednesday of each Month as follows:

January 4th February 1

st

March 7th April 4

th

May 2nd

Subject Matter for the : Monthly Competitions

January 25th

Silhouette(s)

February 22nd

Night Shot

March 21st Close Up

April 25th Wildlife

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Introduction to what has gone on since September Wow, 2011 is over and gone; where did the year go? We are already halfway through the 2011-2012 club year and we have seen and accomplished a lot of exciting activities. Since our last newsletter we had a tour of the Galapagos Islands presented by Jan Boyarzin, a demonstration of how to mix media using stills and videos by Rick Price; How to use Textures by Shannon Carson and she provided to our web page the following links which you will find useful when trying to perform some of the tricks she showed us.

Textures: Brushes: Layer plugin for Elements: Fonts; http://www.kimklassencafe.com/; http://shadowhousecreations.blogspot.com/; http://www.flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/;

http://www.brushking.eu/; http://www.obsidiandawn.com/; http://www.deviantart.com/; http://www.brusheezy.com/;

http://www.alibony.com/video/video-lesson44.htm;

http://www.dafont.com/;

Club outings have included painting by light at the Red Deer Cemetery under the guidance of Rick Price and Larry Hildebrandt, Use of lighting in Portrait Photography by Rick Price and Dean Watkiss. There were the usual monthly photo competitions followed by the climax of our fall season of the 189 photographic entries into our Winter Club Photographic Competition. Congratulations to all who entered, you managed to make the judges work very hard as the quality of all of the entries were fantastic. The time taken to judge all of these fantastic entries resulted in us running well past our allotted room rental time at the Dawe Centre. On the next day, following the judging, we opened up the photo entries for viewing by the public at the Dawe Centre. For our first club showing, we had a significant number of the public and club members come and view the spectacular collection of photographs. The fall season was finished off by the CAPS Christmas dinner and the presentation of the winning photos and the individuals who took them. Congratulations to all the winners. For a list of our events and activities check above and also keep updated for new events and activities as we add them onto our web page at http://www.centralalbertaphotographicsociety.com/resources. Trip to the Galapagos Islands by Jan Boyarzin If a trip to the Galapagos Islands is on your 'bucket list', don't wait too long! I was very fortunate to be able to travel to Ecuador in

May of 2011 with some friends on a tour. The islands are a World Heritage Site and travel is restricted by the National Park. The majority of the islands are off-limit without a guide and group sizes are generally kept to no more than 16 people. During the week-long tour, we had

the opportunity to visit two islands per day with a small yacht.

Nursing Sea Lion

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This place is a photographer's paradise not only because of the unspoiled, fabulous scenery but the abundance of incredibly tame animals. Amazing shots were around every corner! Iguanas, sea lions and birds of all types were plentiful. Among the highlights of the trip: seeing a pair of Waved Albatrosses doing their mating dance, getting near to a male Magnificent Frigate with its throat pouch inflated, being so close to a baby sea lion you could hear it nursing its mom, and watching a pair of penguins on land move to the water's edge, escaping with a jump and a splash. For the trip I brought my favorite camera - a Panasonic DMC ZS10. It's a compact superzoom with an impressive 24mm - 384mm range. The pocket size and light weight of this camera works for me and it has a lot of modes to play with including a decent macro setting. With its 14.1 MP, I've been able to make prints as large as 11x14 inches. I also purchased a Panasonic DMC TS3 for this trip because of the daily snorkeling opportunities on the islands. I

experienced some lens fogging with the TS3 even though I tried to be very careful not to get debris around the seal. Much of our snorkeling was just off-shore and a fair amount of sand was churned up by the ocean waves making good photos difficult. The Galapagos Islands are amazing, unique, incredible and relatively untouched by humans. If you are planning to go 'someday', keep in mind that these islands may get more difficult to visit in the future as the government of Ecuador continues to regulate tourism in order to safeguard this fragile ecosystem. Jan Boyarzin

Pair of Masked Boobies

Punta Suarez blowhole

Tale of two Tails

Hitching a Ride

Iguana

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The December 16th 2011 Winter Photographic Competition Results We had a relatively warm evening for the Awards and Christmas Banquet night. About a third of our club members attended the Banquet and the announcing of the winners of the numerous categories of our winter competition. Competitors were divided into Novice, Intermediate and Advanced, except for the Doug Corrigan Award and the President’s Choice where all competitors were placed into one category. Our President chose for the President’s choice category, “My Favorite Place”. The other categories were Black and White, Colour, Digital Manipulation and competitors were allowed to enter two photographs in each of these three categories. The subject for The Doug Corrigan Award was Nature. All of the photograph entries were placed on display around the banquet hall allowing club members to walk around and view all of the entries before diner. Scotty Roxburgh kindly cooked two turkeys and a ham for the banquet and attending members brought along their own pot luck specialties filling up the banquet table with a fine array of food. Together we all had a wonderful meal along with good company. Due to the small turn out we only needed one turkey and so the second cooked turkey was raffled off. Scotty played the role of auctioneer and the lucky couple took home a fully cooked, ready to eat turkey saving them the work of cooking their own for Christmas. Our President Harvey Brinks with the assistance of the competition coordinator Daniel Pelissier handed out the awards after diner. Photos of the award winners were taken by Larry Hildebrandt and Scotty Roxburgh. If you don’t see your photo by your name under the winners, it was because you were either not there to receive your award, or our photograph of you and your winning photo did not turn out. Again congratulations to all the winners and to all of our entrants thank you for making it an exciting competition with wonderful photographs. Thanks also go out to McBain Cameras who supplied the door prizes.

Scotty served up Larry some ham and turkey The Awards All ages viewed the photographs

Photos above were taken by Rick Price, Larry Hidebrandt and Scotty Roxburgh

Below is the list of winners along with their photo or just their photograph. If I have placed individuals in the wrong place or category, please accept my apologies, but I think I got everyone in the right place. Dawn Traverse, you had three winning mountain shots and I think I have them in the right spots.

The Auctioneer

Smiles on the luck couple going home with a cooked turkey

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Doug Corrigan

Photo unavailable

1st

Rick Preece Monarch

2nd

Harvey Brink

Prairie Crocus

3rd

Dawn Traverse Grizzly Cubs

HM Monica Schmidt

O So Green

Colour Novice

1

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Sally Peddle A Boy and a Blob

2nd

Crystal Hounsome

Harbour Mist

3rd

Crystal Hounsome

Zuricher Nachmittag

HM

Ron Sandstra Aurora Westernalis

HM

Ron Sandstra Buddy Circles

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Black and White Novice

Photo Not Available Photo Not Available

1st

Beth Meek It’ll be Ok

2nd

Laura Wenzel

Spray

3rd

Crystal Hounsome

The Chair

HM

Gillian Wicks Canada Place

HM Edna Buck All Aboard

HM Ron Wenzel

Stairway to Heaven

Colour Intermediate

Photo Not Available

Photo Not Available

1st

Shannon Carson Love Birds

2nd

Judy Jackson

Burst

3rd

Dawn Traverse

Golden Mountains

HM John Strample

Wood Frog

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Black and White Intermediate

1

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Dawn Traverse Four Peaks

2nd

Connie Datema

Delicate Strength of a Web and Chain

3rd

Roger White All Aboard

HM

Shannon Carson Shoreline in the Rockies

Black and White Advanced

Photo Not Available

1st

Bryce Evans That Guy

2nd Bryce Evans

Bliss

3rd Jan Boyarzin

Das Riesenrad

HM Steven Rickard

Tree Rings

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Colour Advanced

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Linda Ursuliak Spent

2nd Curtis Lund

Montreal Basilica

3rd Harvey Brink Sacred Sky

HM

Bryce Evans Yankee Knitted

Digital Manipulation

1st

Jan Boyarzin Blue Footed Booby

2nd

Edna Buck

Brown Eyes Susans

3rd

Linda Ursuliak

The Janion 1891

HM Sandra Buck

Walking Thro a Story

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President’s Choice

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Jan Boyarzin Medicine Lake Sunset

2nd

Dawn Traverse

The Mountains in November

3rd

Grant Ursuliak

Spruce Meadows

HM

Harvey Brink Banff – Vermillion Lake Sunrise

Thanks have to go out to Daniel Pelissier and Sandra Buck for organizing the December Competition. I am sure that they did not realize the amount of work that they were to undertake; the receiving and recording of 189 entries, sorting them all out into various categories and levels and then entering all the names onto a spread sheet to record the judge’s marks. Several individuals came out on the judging night to help set up the room and take down and again on the evening that we held the public display. Thanks to those who assisted; without your help Daniel and Sandra would have been totally swamped. Also, we cannot forget the hard work of the judges, 1. Hank Broomfield, McBain Cameras 2. Janice Williams 3, Larry Hildebrandt. I certainly would not have wished to undertake the judging. Your excellent photos made it very difficult for them. Three of our members received notice of interest to buy their photos.

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Daniel Glad that the Photos are all set up for judging Sandra busy with keeping track of the scores

Visitors along with our President and Vice President admiring the 189 photographs on display

Past Organized Club Events. Red Deer Grave Yard

This event was well attended and everyone had a lot of fun despite the cool weather. Rick Price and Larry Hilldebrandt showed the participants how to use a variety of flash techniques and the best exposures to utilize in the night setting. Here are a couple of photos provided to me by Subash Alimchandani and Rick Price of the evening.

Subash R.Alimchandani Rick Price

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Portraits

Larry Hildebrant kindly provided the club with the use of an empty Simms Furniture Warehouse for the photo shoot. There were a large number of club members who turned out for this very interesting evening. We were guided by Rick Price and Dean Watkiss who presented two different approaches to studio photography and the use of lighting on models, Rick with his shoot from the hip approach to photography and placing his subjects away from the backdrop and Dean Watkiss with his precision use of a light meter and placing his subjects close to a backdrop. The two young ladies who modeled for us did an excellent job of providing the right possess. Here are a few samples from Scotty Roxburgh and Rick Price.

f5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO 200 55 mm

f5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO 200 55 mm

F5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO 200 55mm

The above photo depicts the attendees at the portrait shoot listening to Dean Watkiss.

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The Sunset Monthly Competition

Excellent photos of sunsets were submitted in the September monthly competition. The three top photos are presented below.

Daniel Pelissier Shannon Carson Jan Boyarzin

The Wild Flower Monthly Competition Again we had some great submissions in the Wild Flower competition. The following photos were judged as the top three photographs.

1

st place Jan Boyarzin 2

nd place Daniel Pelissier 3

rd place Susan Chantal

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Winter Fun Photography Here is a sample of photographs taken during this winter to show you that although it may be cold out there you do not have to hibernate.

This photo was taken by Rick Price December 31st 2011 of

some of the wild horses around Radiant Creek 60 kilometers

out of Rocky Mountain House. He especially likes the

Radiant Creek herd because in the spring and summer they

are fighting with each other virtually all the time. This photo

was taken at 1/400 sec, f/5.6, at 1600 ISO.

This photo was taken by Rick Price at McKenzie Ponds

December 27th. Dean Watkiss who conducted a studio

portrait seminar for the club in November and is a retired

Wildlife Officer told Rick that if the ears go back and the

eyes get really big; don’t just start backing up "RUN "! Well

perhaps what saved me from a charge on this photo was that

I was with another photographer (Jessie who works at

McBaine Camera). The more people there are in a group,

the safer you are from a charge of any of the aggressive big

game animals. The light was within 10 minutes of being too

low for hand held photography. This image was taken at

f/4.8, 1/125sec, 3200 ISO.

This Photo of a Great Horned Owl was taken by Scotty Roxburgh December 29

th at Henner’s Pond near the

Canadian University College. The sun had just gone below the horizon making the light tough to shoot in, especially as the woods deflected most of the residual dusk light. The photo was taken in flash mode using the pop up on the Canon Camera, with ISO 800 f5.6, 1/200 sec at 230 mm. The subject was about fifty feet up the tree and despite the distance the flash was able to provide enough light to highlight the bird. The eyes have been manipulated in Photo shop to get rid of the reflection of the flash.

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Parkland Nurseries had a display of ice sculptures which I would bet are fast melting by now. These two photos were taken by Scotty Roxburgh on December 19

th using a flash with f8, 1/4sec and 1/6sec respectively with ISO 200

The Mountain Sheep rut is mostly in November; however Rick Price occasionally sees sheep butting heads at almost any time of the year. These photos were taken at Windy Point on Abraham Lake this December 4th. They were trying to ram heads and missed. Scotty (our editor and chief), Archie (the Rocky Mountain fire chief) and Rick had a blast following the herd around waiting for them to fight. You’ve have to follow multiple targets around, and be super-fast to catch them hitting heads. There is usually little or no warning and it can be a 1/2 hour between hits. Its great fun in the cold and howling wind, I’d recommend it to any photographer. The photograph on the left was taken at f/5.6, 1/800sec, 280 mm at ISO 2200.

The sun was just coming over the horizon and these

horses started to run at a gallop through the open flats

by Radiant Creek. This shot was taken with a Nikon

D80: f5.6; 1/500 sec; ISO 200; 280 mm.

Out at Abraham Lake on January 7th

the wind

blew but the lake is still not totally frozen over.

This was taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-

ZS8: F4.1; 1/125 sec; ISO 100; 9 mm.

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Internet Information

This section is a compilation of information that I have found on the internet since the last newsletter. I received several favorable comments from members on this section and so will continue to add the information into the newsletter. Again, the topic heading is provided with a couple of paragraphs of what the web page is about. After the introduction, the web page link is provided to allow you, if the subject is of interest to you, to locate and read the full article on the internet. The articles are in no way a reflection of the opinions of the club and or the executive and are purely added as a means of passing on items that may prove to be of interest to CAPS members.

Photographic Techniques Breaking Lighting Rules: Backlight and silhouettes How to effectively shoot subjects against the light by Katherine Gray | Last updated 9:00AM EST on November 7, 2011 This article talks about breaking the rule of having the sun at your back and discusses how to create silhouettes and creating back lighting. http://www.tecca.com/columns/backlight-silhouettes-digital-photography-101/

Landscape Photography Techniques for Stunning Pictures How to ensure great results from every shoot! By David Fleet

This article describes how to create good landscape photographs and prevent them from being flat boring pictures. http://www.photography-art-cafe.com/landscape-photography-techniques.html

Take Control of Color using Picture ControlsImages Enlarge Image © Diana Robinson This article discusses how you can obtain control of your colour in your images by using the Picture Controls menu in Nikon D-SLR, COOLPIX and Nikon 1 digital cameras http://www.nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/Photography-Techniques/gtnurqrd/1/Take-Control-of-Color-using-Nikons-Picture-Controls.html

How to take stunning black-and-white photos 1Color isn't always necessary for beautiful photographs by Katherine Gray | Last updated 11:00AM EDT on October 19, 2011 Katherine Gray talks about how to evoke a mood, create elegance and sophistication in your black and white photos along with a classic and romantic look. http://www.tecca.com/columns/how-to-take-stunning-black-and-white-photos-digital-photography-101/

Digital Photography 101: How to Photograph Meteor Showers Capturing tonight's Perseid meteor shower and other celestial events requires time and patience. by Katherine Gray | Last updated 11:00AM EDT on August 12, 2011 Katherine Gray deals with low light photography with a special reference to shooting stars or meteors, (space debris and dust burning up as it passes into the earth’s atmosphere leaving a long glowing trail of light. She describes how to capture these celestial events with specific reference of the Perseid meteor shower which occurs every summer. http://www.tecca.com/columns/how-to-photograph-perseid-meteor-shower-digital-photography-101/

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How to Shoot Clouds Like Pro This article provides tips on how to take photographs of clouds and making use of polarizing filters. Examples of photographs and videos are included to provide you with examples of the end results. http://giveawaytuesdays.wonderhowto.com/blog/shoot-clouds-like-pro-0130425/

How to take a Photograph out of a Plane Window Going on a plane trip somewhere, this article compliments the article on how to take photographs of clouds by discussing how to take good photographs out of a plane window http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-take-a-photograph-out-of-a-plane-window

12 Tips for Photographing Stunning Sunsets Think Ahead What you should do in preparation for taking stunning sunset photographs. Plan and search out locations so that you know where the sun will be. Think about creativity and how you will take the shot recognizing the limitation of time that you have with a setting sun. http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-sunrises-and-sunsets

Five Tips for Photographing Fall Foliage By ROY FURCHGOTT Roy Furchgott provides beginner tips into how you can make the most of fall colours ensuring that your shots are bright and varied. http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/five-tips-for-photographing-fall-foliage/

Introduction to Close Up Photography This is a quick introduction into the use of macro lenses and taking close up of a variety of subjects, how to see the world from a different view point. The article provides some excellent examples of the use of close up photography. http://www.ephotozine.com/article/introduction-to-close-up-photography-4693

Photography Blog Sites Improve Your Photo Skills and Post Your Pictures Online Photo Editor is a site to share your photographs and receive feedback from to learn more about how to improve your photographs and obtain great ideas. The site posts interviews with renowned photographers and keeps you up to-date with the latest news in the photographic world.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/242728/improve_your_photo_skills_and_post_your_pictures_online.html San Francisco Corporate Photographer Michael Soo Explains How to Make Everyone Look Good in a Group Shot Have you run into problems with taking a group photo where there is always one individual who is not happy with their pose? Michael Soo has solved this problem by using photo Shop. He describes how he takes photographs each individual individually and merges all the good photos into one using Photo Shop http://www.prweb.com/releases/wedding-photographer/san-francisco/prweb8926044.htm

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Digital Darkroom: An Exploration of Altered Realities This article provides a selection of photographs demonstrating what can be done to manipulate photographs using computer technologies of to-day rather than the dark rooms of yesterday. There are some interesting photos that have been manipulated and will stimulate the artist in some of you. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/11/digital-darkroom-an-exploration-of-altered-realities-2/

Flash photography technique – turning day into night This is an article which describes the use of a flash to enhance your subject in a bright light setting without the use of filters. http://neilvn.com/tangents/2011/11/23/flash-photography-technique-turning-day-into-night/

HDR Photography

New in Photoshop CS5 - HDR PRO (High Dynamic Range)

Colin Smith first cuts through the hype and explains what HDR really is. Then discover the new HDR functionality in Photoshop CS5. There is tone mapping and the killer feature, De Ghosting. Truly amazing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZW4LzlHduo

InfiniteSkills - HDR Photography Tutorial Video Offers Complete Guide to High Dynamic Range Imaging Software and Techniques A new 30 lesson HDR tutorial series from InfiniteSkills shows how to create perfected HDR images using a digital camera and Photomatix HDR software Training developer InfiniteSkills has now released a new HDR Photography Tutorial Video Course that introduces the basic concepts behind high dynamic range imaging and goes step by step through the production of professional quality HDR images. With 3 hours of hands-on lessons, the course moves from planning to shooting to HDR processing and image correction. The lessons include extensive guidance on using Photomatix and Adobe Photoshop to create both realistic and hyper-realistic digital photos. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/11/prweb8992418.htm

Time Laps Photography

Slowing Down Time with Time-Lapse Photography By Ken Murphy Learn how to look at the world from a different view point using the skills of time lapse photography http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/11/slowing-down-time-with-time-lapse-photography/

Books

Digital Photography Techniques - Autumn 2011 (Malestrom) http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6777591/Digital_Photography_Techniques_-_Autumn_2011_(Malestrom)

Kubota's new book sheds 'light' on photography Photographer Kevin Kubota is best known for photo enhancement software that works with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. Speedlite Portrait Course. Great portraits with your flash. Online video course. Watch now! www.SteeleTraining.com

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Calgary wedding photos, Professional wedding photography in Calgary by top glamour photographer www.weddingsbyfrederick.com Kubota, from Bend, Ore., is also a highly distinguished portrait photographer. And wearing that hat, he's put together a really nice new book —Kevin Kubota's Lighting Notebook, (Wiley, $34.99) with a grab-bag of lighting and portrait tips. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/story/2011-10-29/kevin-kubota-lighting-photography/50981454/1

Using Photoshop CS5’s HDR Pro Excerpted from the HDR Book: Unlocking the Pros' Hottest Post-Processing Techniques (Peachpit Press) Check out how to merge photos in Photoshop CS5’s HDR Pro feature http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs5/create-enhanced-hdr-images-with-hdr-pro/

HDR Book, The: Unlocking the Pros' Hottest Post-Processing Techniques By Rafael Concepcion Published Jun 1, 2011 by Peachpit Press The HDR Book, by Rafael “RC” Concepcion, is more than a how-to and different from any other HDR book out there. While other books on HDR tend to lean toward the esoteric or formulaic, this book takes another approach. It's a complete and total HDR workshop that teaches you the one thing that most other books miss– once you've tone mapped your image with HDR software, you're still not finished. http://www.amazon.com/HDR-Book-Unlocking-Post-Processing-Techniques/dp/0321776895

Photographic Competitions Why You Should Avoid Paid-For Photography Competitions The pros and cons of entering into paid-for photographic competitions http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2011/11/paid-for-competitions/

A Quick Guide to Photography Competitions Grab the chance to win prizes and increase your profile! By Mark Fenwick It's a great way to get your work 'out there'. Competition winning photos can often end up being seen by collectors, commercial clients and gallery owners. http://www.photography-art-cafe.com/photography-competitions.html

Printers Canon U.S.A. Launches Three PIXMA All-In-One Photo Printers with High-End Printing Features at an Affordable Price Featuring the new FastFront System and Software Upgrades to Easy-PhotoPrint EX and Full HD Movie Print This article talks about three new PIXMA Printers providing high-quality images and without the need to use a computer. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/canon-usa-launches-three-pixma-all-in-one-photo-printers-with-high-end-printing-features-at-an-affordable-price-2011-10-18

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Photography Courses Learn the Professional Photographer's Secrets Learn and Master Photography provides 30 hours of instruction in 24 sessions on 15 professionally produced instructional DVDs http://www.learnandmaster.com/photography/?gclid=CMqMj6D7rKwCFQxihwod0HaFIw

Photographers

Photographer Sol Neelman Loves Weird Sports and Sharing Them with Us Sol Neelman presents photographs of an array of weird sports from around the world. You have to click on a variety of sites in the opening page to access these photographs. http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ycn-10432837

Winners of the Red Balloon Photographic Competition This site provides an array of photographs where individuals had been challenged to capture a red balloon in their image. An interesting site to visit and see how your imagination can be used to create an award winning image. http://competition.redballoon.com.au/red/winners/

Fall River Camera Club to display work in fourth Staircase Gallery exhibit at Government Center

By Lynne Sullivan Herald News Extras Editor Here is an opportunity to see how good another camera club is. Check out their photographs at the following web page. http://www.heraldnews.com/entertainment/x1944401165/Fall-River-Camera-Club-to-display-work-in-fourth-Staircase-Gallery-exhibit-at-Government-Center

Meet the Photographer: Joe Petersburger Grand Prize Winner, Professional, 2011 "National Wildlife" Photo Contest Joe Petersburger has some amazing nature photographs on his web site which you can see at www.joepetersburger.com

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For Sale...

Canon Ultrasonic Lens EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM Excellent condition $200.00

Canon Battery Grip BG-E5 accepts two Canon LP-E5 Battery Packs or six AA batteries

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